As well as a healthy diet you need to be physically active in order to loose weight. Walking or cycling to work is a good start. Not only does it save on petrol and help the enviorment, it helps burn those calories. The Live Strong has some calculations on which would be best for weight […]
Flashmob: Tested on Humans and recycling
This is a flashmob video from the Canadian group Testé sur des humains (Tested on Humans). The video is simple but incredibly powerful. I challenge you to watch it without smiling. Yeah. The video is in French but that’s not a problem. The goal is to see whether anyone bothers to make the tiny effort […]
40 million years later and King Crabs invade Antarctica
Evolutionary biologist Sven Thatje has made the news with his discovery that King Crabs are returning to Antarctic waters. I say “returning” but it’s been a long while since the King Crab last stalked in these waters. Scientists calculate that it’s been some 40 million years since the King Crab was able to survive in […]
WWF 50th anniversay stamps
The WWF has teamed up with the Royal Mail to celebrate their 50th anniversay. The action charity has had a set of 14 special WFF postage stamps created. There is a different threatened species on each stamp, four stamps appear in the collectable “miniature sheet” to highlight work they’ve done in the Amazon rainforest and […]
Stunning Super Moon photographs
Saturday, March 19th, 2011, was a “Super Moon” as the satellite got as close to Earth as it will at any time during 2011. The moon reached a distance as short as a mere 221,565 miles from the planet.
Fungus transforms ants into zombie slaves
The BBC have YouTubed a short video from Sir David Attenborough and the Planet Earth TV program that showcases the rather horrid Cordyceps fungi. Cordyceps fungi prays on live insects and takes control of their body and mind. The video shows one strain of the Cordyceps fungus as it takes over the body and thoughts […]
No Joke: Save as .WWF
Quite a lot of people have dismissed the .WWF format as a joke. A spoof or viral marketing campaign by WWF Germany. It’s easy to see why. If you pop over to Save as .WWF you’ll be told there’s only a Mac version ready. You have to Facebook Like the page to be alerted once […]
Open Planet Ideas: Can you save the world?
Here’s a good team up: Sony and the WWF together have an active initiative to gather ideas from around the world on how we can make the world a better place. Why are Sony involved? They want to see how their technology can help. The program is called Open Planet Ideas and is being run […]
Video of rare albino squirrel
This video of a rare albino squirrel was taken in the Dayton’s Bluff area of St. Paul, MN. You don’t see many albinos in the wild because they are at a disadvantage. You can tell at a glance just how easy it is to spot this cute squirrel albino and if you were a predator […]
American Christian group calls for the extermination of Grizzly bears
Bryan Fischer, Director of Issues Analysis at the Christian group called the American Family Association has launched an attack against the bears of Yellowstone Park. He describes the bears as a curse and references the Scriptures as justification for the extermination of the animals. “God makes it clear in Scripture that deaths of people and […]
